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<p>The concept of ‘worldview’ is widely used today in education and religious education, including the sub-concepts of ‘personal worldview’ and ‘organized worldview’. This leaves the door open for both further reception and elaboration and, of course, also for theoretical and empirically based criticism. In her Keynote Address at the 2022 Nordic Conference on Religious Education in Riga, in June, Caroline Klintborg articulated the claim that instead of using the notion of ‘worldview’ – and its sub-concepts – there are good reasons for using the concept of <italic>‘existential configurations’</italic> instead. In this response I weigh the power of her argumentation, and conclude from what I coin as a form of conceptual sustainability that her conceptualization should be interpreted as an elaboration of the concept of ‘worldview’ instead of as a replacement.</p>
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The concept of ‘worldview’ is widely used today in education and religious education, including the sub-concepts of ‘personal worldview’ and ‘organized worldview’. This leaves the door open for both further reception and elaboration and, of course, also for theoretical and empirically based criticism. In her Keynote Address at the 2022 Nordic Conference on Religious Education in Riga, in June, Caroline Klintborg articulated the claim that instead of using the notion of ‘worldview’ – and its sub-concepts – there are good reasons for using the concept of ‘existential configurations’ instead. In this response I weigh the power of her argumentation, and conclude from what I coin as a form of conceptual sustainability that her conceptualization should be interpreted as an elaboration of the concept of ‘worldview’ instead of as a replacement.

Need the Concept of ‘Personal Worldview’ be Replaced or Just Elaborated?

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

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Response to Caroline Klintborg’s ”Searching for a Renewal of Religious Identity – A Swedish Perspective“

The concept of ‘worldview’ is widely used today in education and religious education, including the sub-concepts of ‘personal worldview’ and ‘organized...

Need the Concept of ‘Personal Worldview’ be Replaced or Just Elaborated?

Published Online: Nov 15, 2022

Page range: 72 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2022-0019

Keywords
worldview, personal worldview, organized worldview, conceptualization, empirical use, existential configurations, conceptual sustainability

© 2022 Siebren Miedema, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Need the Concept of ‘Personal Worldview’ be Replaced or Just Elaborated?

Published Online: Nov 15, 2022

Page range: 72 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2022-0019

Keywordsworldview, personal worldview, organized worldview, conceptualization, empirical use, existential configurations, conceptual sustainability

© 2022 Siebren Miedema, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
worldview, personal worldview, organized worldview, conceptualization, empirical use, existential configurations, conceptual sustainability